The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few names in all of literature carry the electric charge of Sherlock Holmes — the world's greatest consulting detective — and this sumptuous two-volume set presents the complete canon of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless mysteries in their full illustrated glory. Spanning the beloved short stories and the gripping novels, the collection chronicles Holmes and his steadfast companion Dr. John H. Watson as they navigate the fog-laden streets of Victorian London, unravelling conspiracies, murders, and baffling enigmas that defeated every other investigative mind of the age. With over 500 original illustrations breathing vivid life into Baker Street's most famous resident, this edition is both a definitive reading experience and a magnificent collector's artefact. Conan Doyle's prose is a masterclass in narrative economy and atmospheric tension — each case constructed with the precision of a Swiss watch, each revelation delivered with a showman's flair. The stories collectively argue for the supremacy of reason over superstition, and yet they never sacrifice warmth or wit in pursuit of cold logic. Holmes himself remains one of fiction's most paradoxical and irresistible creations: a man of towering intellect and infuriating eccentricity, whose shadow has fallen across every detective story written since. Whether you are returning to these pages or discovering them for the first time, the game is, as ever, afoot.
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Peerage Books
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few names in all of literature carry the electric charge of Sherlock Holmes — the world's greatest consulting detective — and this sumptuous two-volume set presents the complete canon of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless mysteries in their full illustrated glory. Spanning the beloved short stories and the gripping novels, the collection chronicles Holmes and his steadfast companion Dr. John H. Watson as they navigate the fog-laden streets of Victorian London, unravelling conspiracies, murders, and baffling enigmas that defeated every other investigative mind of the age. With over 500 original illustrations breathing vivid life into Baker Street's most famous resident, this edition is both a definitive reading experience and a magnificent collector's artefact. Conan Doyle's prose is a masterclass in narrative economy and atmospheric tension — each case constructed with the precision of a Swiss watch, each revelation delivered with a showman's flair. The stories collectively argue for the supremacy of reason over superstition, and yet they never sacrifice warmth or wit in pursuit of cold logic. Holmes himself remains one of fiction's most paradoxical and irresistible creations: a man of towering intellect and infuriating eccentricity, whose shadow has fallen across every detective story written since. Whether you are returning to these pages or discovering them for the first time, the game is, as ever, afoot.